Pattern of diabetic retinopathy in Kano, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-79

  Lawan, Abdu ^a   Mohammed, Tijjani Bashir ^a  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; eye examination; vision loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NIGERIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859232720     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.93528     Document Type: Article

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